Sleep deprivation has the same effect on your immune system as physical stress or illness, which helps explain why lack of sleep has been shown to raise your risk of numerous chronic diseases. Sleep is also intricately tied to important hormone levels, including melatonin — an antioxidant with powerful anticancer activity — which is diminished […]

The findings in this article indicate that (–)-epicatechin alone or in combination with exercise induces an integrated response that includes structural and metabolic changes in skeletal and cardiac muscles resulting in greater endurance capacity. These results, therefore, warrant the further evaluation of the underlying mechanism of action of (–)-epicatechin and its potential clinical application as […]

L’Idrossitirosolo, un composto fenolico dell’ olio d’oliva, esercita un effetto antinfiammatorio nelle malattie cardiovascolari. Studi recenti hanno riscontrato che l’autofagia era un obiettivo terapeutico per queste malattie, tuttavia, l’effetto dell’Idrossitirosolo sull’autofagia nei fibroblasti vascolari adventiviali (VAF) rimane ancora sconosciuto. Pertanto, in questo studio, hanno cercato di determinare l’effetto dell’Idrossitirosolo sull’autofagia cellulare e sul relativo pathway […]

Lining the walls of your arteries and veins are endothelial cells. The amount of connective tissue or smooth muscle surrounding each of your blood vessels will vary depending upon the location of the vessel and the function, but every single artery or vein is lined with a thin single layer of endothelial cells — called […]

Magnesium is important to the health of nearly every cell in your body, especially your heart, kidneys and muscles. Symptoms of a deficiency can include unexplained fatigue, abnormal heart rhythms, eye twitches and muscle spasms. As of 2011 data,1 45 percent of American adults do not get the recommended dietary allowance amount (RDA) of magnesium […]